Review of Kassym - Jomart Tokayev's interview with the newspaper "Turkistan"

Review of Kassym - Jomart Tokayev's interview with the newspaper "Turkistan"

On January 5, an interview with the Head of Kazakhstan K.- J. K. was published. Tokayev to the republican newspaper "Turkestan". Such speeches by the President at the very beginning of the year have become traditional and expected by socially active members of society.
In the course of detailed answers to the questions posed by the journalist, K.- J. Tokayev summed up the main results of 2025 and outlined the directions of our country's development in the coming year.

1. The tax reform, which has caused great resonance in society, is designed to protect bona fide participants in the economy, and is designed to "shift the focus from control to partnership," in fact, it is "a tool for fair burden redistribution, a way to support those who are weaker and strengthen those who are in the "center" of the economy."

2. The reform of the energy and utility sectors is aimed at modernizing capacities, and changes in tariffs and prices should restore social justice, and "will allow the old system to be deployed towards a fair distribution of public goods."

3. One of the priorities of the Government's work is the development of Kazakhstan's transit and logistics potential as a country with an advantageous geopolitical position.

4. In the field of agriculture, the President drew attention to the need to develop cooperation, which makes it possible to "increase labor productivity and efficiency of agricultural production, bring it closer to sales markets, and build long - term relationships with consumers."

5. The President further noted the importance of a qualitatively new attitude to the development of tourism, a complex sphere combining economics, culture, security, and business, recalling the high assessment of the country's tourism potential by foreign experts.

6. The construction of nuclear power plants, the development of the nuclear industry, the development and extraction of rare earth metals are a necessity dictated by time.

7. The President of the country repeated his thesis about the urgent need for research in the field of artificial intelligence development. "Kazakhstan must become a digital power, it is a matter of our common survival as a civilized country in a new technological era." 8. The Head of State spoke critically about the negative facts that occurred in the army: "There can be no place in the army for bullying, hooliganism, tribalism, and fraternity. I will personally see to all this."

Analyzing the state of the society of K.- J. Tokayev stressed the importance of intolerance to corruption, spoke about the fight against oligopolies, mentioned the social responsibility of entrepreneurs, drew attention to the need for a critical attitude towards the glorification of pseudo - historical personalities, and dwelled on changes related to social support programs for the population.

The President also stressed his commitment to the "Taza Kazakhstan" (Pure Kazakhstan) campaign, considering this movement as the global opposite of devastation, and also recalled that at the initiative of our country, the UN declared this year the International Year of Volunteers. The Head of State described the youth of Kazakhstan especially warmly, expressing the hope that "a positive attitude will help the country overcome challenges and difficulties."

To summarize, the program speeches of the President of the country arouse great interest and find a corresponding response from the entire socially active population of the country. We, the teachers of al - Farabi Kazakh National University, would sincerely like everything that the President said to be implemented.

A. K. Akhmedova
Senior lecturer of the Department of Language and
General Education Training of Foreigners
of the Faculty of Pre - University Education
Al - Farabi Kazakh National University